Release Notes 2.2.0

Product name
AVR32 Studio
Release version
2.2.0
Release date
2009-06-15

Contents

Overview

AVR®32 Studio is an integrated development environment for writing, debugging and deploying AVR32 applications. AVR32 Studio is distributed by Atmel® free of charge, and runs on both Windows® and Linux®. AVR32 Studio is Built on Eclipse™, enabling integration with third party plugins for increased functionality.

News

AVR32 Studio an upgrade from the 2.1.x series.

New Features

  • Support for the UC3L device series.
  • Refurbished welcome page.

Bugs Fixed

Bug #7756 
The source code presented in the Trace Data view may be incorrect in some cases. Use the Disassembly or Mixed formats instead.
Bug #9305
There is sometimes two default targets.
Bug #9662
LWIP example for UC3AES part does not work.
Bug #8233
Blinking Lights Cheat sheet should implement the trampoline.
Bug #9619
UC3A - lwip example adds extra file.

Known Issues

Bug #5867
The contents of addresses near a memory boundary, such as the end of SRAM, will not render properly in the memory view.
Bug #5716
Stepping over a line of source code that results in a large amount of machine instructions to be executed (typically empty for or while loops used for delays) will cause AVR32 Studio to be unresponsive. To regain control, terminate the launch. To step over such code line, use breakpoints and the resume (F8) function.
Bug #7099
The launch configuration setting "Verify memory after programming" will not be effective for debug launches.
Bug #7658
It is not possible to stop the debugger at the reset vector (usually the location of the _start() function) by entering the reset vector address in the 'Stop on startup at' field in the launch configuration's Debugger page. A workaround is to stop on the next instruction or function being called, for instance _stext().
Bug #7370
The Includes folder for projects will only display includes for the Debug configuration.
Bug #7497
When entering in debug mode, if an external library is used and not found, the debugger is stopped.
Bug #7596
The contents of the Disassembly view may be displayed non-sequential depending on the output of the compiler. Typically, the presentation of for-loops or optimized code may be unfamiliar to some users.
Bug #7707
It is not possible to use redirection in Pre-build or Post-build steps. A workaround is to create an external command (i.e a .bat file) that performs the necessary redirection.
Bug #7280
If a breakpoint and a tracepoint is located on the same source line it is not possible to open the breakpoint's properties from the context (right-click) menu. In such cases, access the breakpoint from the Breakpoints view.
Bug #7560
The NanoTrace option Break on application buffer access does not work.
Bug #8963
Interrupt triggered during breakpoint halt causes debugger to loose track.

System Requirements

AVR32 Studio is supported under the following configurations.

Hardware requirements

  • Minimum processor Pentium 4, 1GHz
  • Minimum 512 MB RAM
  • Minimum 500 MB free disk space
  • Minimum screen resolution of 1024x768

AVR32 Studio has not been tested on computers with less resources, but may run satisfactorily depending on the number and size of projects and the user's patience.

Software requirements

  • Windows 2000, Windows XP or Windows Vista (x86 or x86-64)
  • Fedora™ 8 or 9 (x86 or x86-64), RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 or 5, Ubuntu Linux 7.10, 8.04 or 8.10 (x86 or x86-64), or SUSE® Linux 10.3 or 11.0 (x86 or x86-64)
  • Sun Java 2 Platform version 1.5 or later
  • Internet Explorer®, Mozilla®, or Firefox®

AVR32 Studio does not support Windows 98, NT or ME.

Downloading and Installing

The software can be found on the AVR32 Technical Library DVD, or downloaded from Atmel's website at http://www.atmel.com/products/avr32/ under the "Tools & Software" menu.

Upgrading from previous versions

If AVR32 Studio 2.1.x is already installed, you may upgrade to 2.2.0 using the Update Manager. Go to Help > Software Updates.... Select the Installed Software page, right click on AVR32 Studio and select Update.... This will download and install the changed packages.

Installing on Windows

The AVR32 Studio installer can be downloaded from the website as noted above. After downloading, double-click the AVR32Studio-2.1-Setup.exe file to install. If you wish to specify the location where the AVR32 Studio software is installed, choose "Custom Installation". The installation software will install a Sun Java Runtime Environment on your computer if it is missing.

AVR32 Studio requires the AVR32 GNU Toolchain which contains the compiler, linker and utilities for programming the target. The latest AVR32 GNU Toolchain can be found at the same location as AVR32 Studio. Please install the AVR32 GNU Toolchain according to installation instructions given in the accompanying release notes.

Installing on Linux

On Linux, the AVR32 Studio IDE is distributed separately from the AVR32 GNU Toolchain which can be installed as RPM or Debian packages depending on the distribution. AVR32 Studio is available as a ZIP archive which can be extracted using the unzip utility.

IMPORTANT! The Java runtime environments shipped with many Linux distributions are not compatible with AVR32 Studio. A Java Runtime (or JDK) 1.5 or 1.6 is required. Consult your Linux distribution's documentation for instructions on installing Sun Java, or download it from Sun's website at http://java.sun.com/. Specifically, any reference to a Java version 1.7 indicates that an incompatible version is being used.

We recommend installing AVR32 Studio into a directory which is writable for the user(s). This simplifies the process of adding or updating the product. On a single-user machine, you can typically extract the AVR32 Studio ZIP file into your home directory. This creates an avr32studio directory containing the product files.

To run AVR32 Studio, execute the avr32studio program from the avr32studio directory. If you experience problems, make sure the correct java is being used by running java -version which should give output similarly to this:

java version "1.6.0_03"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_03-b05)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.6.0_03-b05, mixed mode, sharing)

Sun Java on Ubuntu

You can install Sun's Java on Ubuntu using the following commands from a shell:

sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre

RedHat Enterprise Linux 4

Note that you may need to set the environment variable MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME to the folder containing your Firefox install. e.g.

export MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME=/usr/lib/firefox-1.0.4

or, if using a tcsh:

setenv MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME /usr/lib/firefox-1.0.4

in order for the welcome page to work.

Contact Information

For support on AVR32 Studio please contact mailto:avr32@atmel.com.

Users of AVR32 Studio are also welcome to discuss on the AVRFreaks website forum for AVR32 Software Tools.

Disclaimer and Credits

AVR32 Studio is distributed free of charge for the purpose of developing applications for AVR32 processors. Use for other purposes are not permitted; see the software license agreement for details. AVR32 Studio comes without any warranty.

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